Netgear MCAB1001 Coax-Ethernet Kit Now Pre-Ordering

By on January 30, 2009 in Hardware, Networking, Windows Home Server

If you have co-axial cable running through your home and are looking for a faster networking solution than wireless, then Netgear’s MCAB1001Coax-Ethernet kit promises to be a great solution.

Like powerline products offering network connections over your electrical cables, Netgear’s solution allows you to use your co-axial cables for data transfer – a box of tricks at each end does the magic; one connects to your router and a co-ax point, the other connects the device you want to network to a second coaxial point. Very neat and with speeds quoted up to 270 Mbps (real world speeds will be slower) you’ll be fine using this solution for music, photos and high quality video.

You can now pre-order the kit from Amazon at a knockdown $187.99 (33% off the list price)

More Info: Amazon.com


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  • bb

    So you need at least 2 of these (1 on each end) to be useful, right? Almost $400. Yikes! You could hire someone to come in and drop CAT6 around your house for cheaper than that. Get this down to $50 per end and it may become more palatable.

  • bb

    @bb – my bad… I didn’t see that this is “kit” that already includes 2 adapters. The photo on Amazon should really show 2 units for short attention span shoppers like me…

  • JohnCz

    Not bad, especially if you are going to send video over the same coax. But I would opt for a faster 802.11n bridge solution or wired ethernet.

  • Boggy

    Originally Posted By JohnCzNot bad, especially if you are going to send video over the same coax. But I would opt for a faster 802.11n bridge solution or wired ethernet.

    Sorry guy, but as bb said, $200 for 100Mb/s ain’t worth the cost. I’d rather pay to put some cat 5e/6 in for $200-$300 and add couple of $40-50 1Ge switches. No bandwidth problems, no security issues… no problems.

  • JohnCz

    Boggy, I agree with you that wired networks offer the best hazzle free operation. There will always be pros/cons depending on where you live.

  • Wayne

    There was a Motorola version of this product that seems to be no longer made called the NIM-100 but you can get 3 adapters for about $90 on eBay. I believed they were used for FIOS once upon a time.

    I bought a kit and I have been using them to stream HD from my WHS/SageTV server to a Sage extender where I could not economically run Cat-6.

  • wardog

    Nothing beats going to the manufacturers site for specs.
    http://netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/Coax/MCAB1001.aspx
    (look closely at the pics and you’ll see a Motorola QIP2708 STB, who is likely the manufaturer for Netgear)

    MoCA Aliance Certified Products.
    http://www.mocalliance.org/en/industry/certified_products.asp